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Judge to Rule on Competency of Man Charged in Omaha Murders

Anthony Garcia
Anthony Garcia
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge will soon determine whether a former doctor accused of killing four people with ties to an Omaha medical school is competent to stand trial, which is now tentatively scheduled to begin in April.

On Thursday, Douglas County District Judge Duane Dougherty said he would rule within the coming days whether 42-year-old Anthony Garcia is mentally fit enough to stand trial after three experts testified that Garcia is competent.

Garcia is charged with first-degree murder in the 2008 deaths of the 11-year-old son of Creighton University pathologist William Hunter and the family’s housekeeper, and the May 2013 deaths of Creighton pathologist Roger Brumback and his wife.

Authorities say Garcia was motivated by revenge for being fired from Creighton’s pathology department in 2001

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